database

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Recent Examples of database In 2020, there were 385,676 deaths involving COVID nationwide; in 2021, 463,267 deaths; in 2022, 247,168 deaths; in 2023, 76,055 deaths; in 2024, 47,541 deaths; and in 2025, 20,685 deaths, according to a CDC database. Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Some of Swift’s and Kelce’s guests were already in the database. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026 Canada, for example, has required an eligible voter database to be maintained and updated since 1997. Nathan Lee, ABC News, 24 July 2026 Investigative genetic genealogy provides lead Investigators uploaded the DNA profile of the unknown woman into CODIS, the national law enforcement database, but couldn’t come up with a match. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for database
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Noun
  • Police are asking the public to come forward with information.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 July 2026
  • Businesses must transition from human-centric data strategies to making information directly usable by AI, addressing fragmentation and inconsistency.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • The author is the Founder of Making Space, an organization that has received philanthropic support from the GitLab Foundation and the Truist Foundation, both referenced in this article as funders investing in disability employment.
    Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The Athletic put the points raised in this article to United.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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“Database.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/database. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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